Further evidence for the compound nature of slow earthquakes: The Prince Edward Island earthquake of April 28, 1997

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B4, 2000, Pages 7819-7827

  McGuire, Jeffrey J ^a   Jordan, Thomas H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY;

EID: 0034629869     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900439     Document Type: Article

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